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Four days after he was injured in the first quarter of Wednesday's 87-84 road victory over the New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade received confirmation Sunday that the slight strain of his left calf is nothing more serious. Wade, who remained with the team as a spectator for the final two games of the trip, a Friday double-overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies and a Saturday loss to the Dallas Mavericks, underwent an MRI upon his South Florida return that confirmed the initial diagnosis.

DAVIE - The mystery surrounding Louis Delmas' recent demotion from his starting role, and his limited participation in this week's practices has been solved Delmas, who began the season as the Miami Dolphins' starting strong safety, appears to be battling a calf injury according to the injury report the Dolphins released on Wednesday. The calf injury helps explain why second-year safety Michael Thomas started in his place as the safety paired with Jimmy Wilson during last Sunday's loss to Buffalo, and why Thomas continues to get significant reps during practice.

Dwyane Wade was back on the Miami Heat's active roster Sunday after missing the previous four games due to a strained left calf. Wade went through a pregame workout at Amway Arena, with the decision made afterward that he could return for the game against the Orlando Magic. The seventh-year veteran was injured during the first quarter of a Feb. 17 road game against the New Jersey Nets. The Heat won that game and the next game against the Memphis Grizzlies, but then struggled badly in losses the next three games, against the Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks in the absence of its star guard.

An emaciated pygmy sperm whale and her calf died Tuesday morning after they beached themselves on Jupiter Island. Their bodies were taken for examination to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton , but authorities said they suspected the mother may have had a heart disease common among the species. The whales were discovered early in the morning by volunteers looking for newly established sea turtle nests. "They were about 100 yards apart, both rolling in the surf," said Dr. Charles Manire, a veterinarian and director of research and rehabilitation at Loggerhead Marinelife Center, who was one of the first on the scene.

A zebu calf was born on Saturday morning, and Lion Country Safari officials decided to name their first Fourth of July baby Liberty. The male calf, which weighs about 35 pounds, was born between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the preserve west of West Palm Beach, curator Bill Folowell said. "Him and mother are doing wonderful," Folowell said. "This is our first (zebu) birth. We just had a pair, so we`re kind of excited about it." The preserve acquired the pair of zebus about a month ago in a trade with Dreher Park Zoo in West Palm Beach, Folowell said.

By Ethan J. Skolnick and South Florida Sun Sentinel, February 17, 2010

After pregame warm-ups Wednesday, Michael Beasley and Dwyane Wade busted into the locker room, laughing at each other. "I like running behind you when you sign autographs, because they don't even see me out there," Beasley said. Everyone got to see plenty of Beasley once the game started. Wade didn't finish the first quarter, leaving with a strained left calf that would later be covered by a walking boot, and could keep him out for the remaining two games of this road trip.

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has ruled himself out of Saturday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks at AmericanAirlines Arena. It will be the fourth consecutive game that Wade will have missed due to the strained left calf sustained during the first quarter of a Feb. 17 victory in New Jersey. "Tomorrow is out of the question," Wade said after taking a limited role in Friday's two-hour practice. "I'm just not ready yet." The seventh-year guard was not as quick to rule out a potential return in Sunday's game against the Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

Region Millie, the manatee calf rescued in Palm Beach County last week, remains in guarded condition at the Miami Seaquarium while doctors are waiting the results of a biopsy to determine what's causing her abnormal skin condition. The 6-month-old, 173-pound calf is eating on her own and drinking manmade formula that resembles her own mother's milk. Millie was picked up Thursday at Florida Power & Light Co.'s Riviera Beach Power Plant by worried workers from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Free safety Brock Marion knew something was amiss in his left calf. He had been backpedaling and then tried to run forward in the Oct. 14 game at the New York Jets. "I felt a pop," he said. "It was funny. Actually, I thought somebody had kicked me and I looked back and the receiver is not even close. Then I started looking into the stands, thinking someone might have thrown something at me. ... I couldn't walk at that point." Marion's condition was diagnosed as a strained calf. On Monday he said he still couldn't run, which most likely means Arturo Freeman will start at free safety Sunday when the Dolphins visit Seattle.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am an 84-year-old golfer and have played golf since I was a caddie at age 13. Now I have to give it up because of this pain and swelling in my right calf muscle. Would a golf swing have anything to do with the problem? -- J.D. Dear J.D.: The calf is the site for many problems. A small or large tear of the calf muscle -- the gastrocnemius -- is a plausible explanation for the pain and swelling. Twisting as the golf club is swung could create enough force to tear the muscle.

NEW YORK — Logan Morrison jokingly texted manager Mike Redmond after Saturday's 20-inning game. He figured they were activating him off the disabled list to pitch in Sunday series finale at Citi Field. The Marlins needed him to keep from running out of healthy players. Morrison's return coincided with Chris Coghlan's departure for the shelf. The Marlins placed Coghlan on the 15-day disabled list with what they termed a right calf nerve irritation. Coghlan has been dealing with the issue for upward of three weeks.

Robert Appel and Aimee Leigh Monek might be the most talented local high school athletes that no one knows about. Appel, a junior at University School, and Monek, a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas, are competing this week in the Florida High School Rodeo Association state championship at the Town of Davie Arena at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds. If they do well, they can both advance to the National High School Championships in July in Wyoming. "My friends, not a lot of them know much about the rodeo," said Monek, 17, of Davie, who will attend the University of Florida in the fall.

Q . I have a Baker's cyst in my right knee. It has been drained twice and recurred. Are there any other treatments for it? A . Your situation is fairly common. A Baker's cyst (also called a popliteal cyst) is a fluid-filled sac that can develop in the popliteal space, the hollow at the back of the knee joint. It's named for William Morrant Baker, a 19th-century surgeon who first described the condition. The cyst is filled with synovial fluid, a viscous material that lubricates the knee joint, reducing friction among the components of the joint and allowing the knee to flex and extend freely.

A 14-year-old boy who was bitten by an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, one of the deadliest North American snakes, was getting treatment at a Miami hospital on Thursday, a fire official said. The teen, identified by his family as Andrew Potts, of Stuart, was conscious and talking as he was moved to Miami Children's Hospital. After getting about 16 vials of antivenin, he was listed in serious but stable condition, with a bite on his right calf. Eastern diamondbacks can be found throughout Florida, most commonly in palmetto flatlands, pine woods, abandoned fields, brush and grass.

A man was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon with a bite wound to his leg, according to Riviera Beach spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown. "He was bitten on the calf by a 12-foot bull shark," she said. Riviera Beach Fire Rescue transported him to St. Mary's Medical Center from a boat ramp at Phil Foster Park, officials said. "He was conscious and responsive," Brown said. The man who was bitten is Anthony Segrich, a 32-year-old experienced spear fisher who was on the day's final dive when he encountered the shark, Sun Sentinel news partner WPTV-Ch.

A young sperm whale that eluded marine officials near Biscayne Bay on Tuesday was spotted in the Hillsboro Inlet on Thursday, leading to a multi-agency search before it headed out into open waters, the Coast Guard reported. Scott Thomas, a mate on the Bolo Sport Fishing boat, which operates out of the Hillsboro Inlet, said his charter was returning from a six-hour trip early Thursday afternoon when a nearby boater radioed them about the whale being in the inlet. Someone from that nearby boat was in the water near the whale when Thomas saw it, he said.

Loxahatchee A suspected screwworm infestation in Loxahatchee may be the first finding of the pest in a non-imported animal in Florida in more than two decades, state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford said Thursday. A calf was suspected of harboring the pest, which is native to tropical areas, state officials said. The screwworm larvae bores into the flesh of its host. It took a massive campaign in the 1960s to eradicate the flesh-eating pest in the United States. Animal owners who suspect a screwworm infection should call their veterinarian or the state Department of Agriculture at 877-815-0034.

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, who has missed three games due to the strained left calf he sustained last week at New Jersey, went through part of Thursday's practice, but didn't sound as though he'd be ready to play Saturday against the Milwaukee Bucks. Point guard Rafer Alston, however, who has missed the last three games due to a sprained right hand, practiced Thursday and is expected to return against the Bucks. As for Wade, he's taking his time. "It's getting better every day," he said.

The baby sperm whale that appeared, battered and weak, in a Miami Beach marina has disappeared. The calf surfaced alone Tuesday afternoon in the 300 block of Alton Road with injuries to its head, dorsal area and tail flukes, possibly from a boat strike. It was without a mother, miles away from the deep ocean waters that sperm whales call home, and so young that the creature was "fairly close to a newborn," said Erin Fougeres, a marine biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Police are investigating the identity of a decomposing body found on Monday at the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority processing plant. Responding officers found the female body at 7:44 p.m. at the plant at 6501 Jog Road. It is not yet clear how the woman died. The body is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, according to police. Four bottom teeth have gold caps and both ears are pierced. Several tattoos were found on the body: a Playboy bunny on the upper chest, a flower on the left wrist, theater masks on the neck, cat paw prints on the right foot, a heart with the name "Jermaine" on the right inside calf, cash bills on the right arm, praying hands with the name "Susie" underneath, and a rose with the names "Jermaine, Jasmine, Joyce" on the left calf.